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The plan is to put all my favorite tutorials, websites, articles, videos, materials and tools in a list, easy to find for anyone interested.

I don't know for how long you follow me, but here's a bit of history.Last year, when I came across the books of Brandon Sanderson, I had a few months that every free minute I had was dedicated to drawing pictures of their stories.It is nowadays, one of my favorite writers, and almost everything he writes, I try to devour almost immediately. His writing style and the ideas he shapes are the kind of stories that I enjoy the most, and that one day I would love to transmit with mine. Last inktober I made around 30 drawings based only on his work. And when he was here in Barcelona, I was able to give him one of those drawings.In May I was contacted by the art director of Dragonsteel production (Brandon's company) and illustrator of much of the graphic material that appears in the books, to discuss the possibility of licensing some of these drawings for use in the art gallery of the editions for collectors.

Already, the simple idea that my work would apear in one of his books left me speechless, so imagine my reaction when the talk evolved from licensing to commissioning a new piece for Volume 2 of Mistborn ...I had been trying for quite some time to make some fan art related to these magnificent books that so many good moments have left me. But the work at the time was really constant and left me no room for it. So a commision to do so was a dream come true!I immediately started the task, starting to work on the sketches. In Mistborn's second book, there are many brutal scenes I wanted to illustrate, but I only had space for an illustration, and taking into account that many other artists are also attracted by these stories, it is very likely that the first ideas are already floating around the Internet.Not for being the most original of the world, but for the way I was captivated, I wanted to focus especially on the bonds that are created between Vin and the Kandra "OreSeur", which takes the form of a huge black dog. The relationship of these two does not start very well in the book, but little by little it takes a course of deep friendship and respect on both sides.

By the way, sorry for the low quality of the photos of the process, were made with the phone without paying much attention. Some have a very marked distortion or colors very far from reality. The one that comes closest is the last photo of the post.

Ink sketches with the first ideas for the painting.

Color study, just to have a better idea of the general saturation, although I din't stick to it too much.

My second goal with this job was to continue working with oil paintings. I already had some piece for Magic by the date in that technique (still to come out) and I wanted to continue experimenting with the medium. With this piece I tried the indirect painting method. Certainly more laborious than the others, but the result (and seeing it with eyes now) was completely worth it. I started doing a pencil drawing, to define the design, general values and details well. I do not usually make them as detailed normally, but with this piece I wanted to have control over the details, and not try to design with the painting as in digital, obviously because of the nature of the medium that would come later.

Indirect painting is worked by layers, the first dedicated to the values and then little by little building the colors on top. The luminosity achieved by this technique is unrivaled with other more direct methods. A pity that the photos can't transmit this feeling through , but if you have been in front of some oil painting of the last century you will know the effect that I speak. That light that radiates from the surface, especially the skins.These are some of the captures I was taking of the process. First, by moving the most prominent lines of the drawing to the MDF panel and then the first layer of paint.

Although the worst part of this process is waiting, in this case it wasn't so bad. I am not a fan of the secatives and I didn't want to use in this painting, there wasn't much of a hurry and as far as work, I remember that I had two more paintings for Magic. Luego viene la segunda capa de valores y al secar, empezar a introducir algunos colores.

2nd pass of values

Starting to introduce some colors.

As you can see, the dog was the one that suffered the most changes during the whole journey. But the result is quite close to that of pencil drawing. From here I did not have many problems, I just followed the plan I had from the beginning. I had the Ipad right next to me to go looking at the references while I was doing and compare the color in real time

Starting with the updates, here are a new set for Legend of the Cryptids. Little to add, do not forget to expand the images and if you are interested in the lore of the cards, you will be able to find it in the description of each one.

Despite moments of liveliness, the prince was afflicted with an illness that would soon take his life. The only one who could spare him from an all-too-brief existence was his mother, Lignesia. She held a royal heirloom known only to those who wore the crown, the "Life Musket," that transferred the vital force of whomever pulled the trigger into the target. This would rid the prince of his disease, but result in Lignesia's death. Even so, it was a worthy sacrifice in her eyes...

The castle of the tenderhearted Queen Lignesia was ever the picture of love and comfort. She doted upon her son, spending every available moment with him. Her subjects thought it was simply her matronly nature, but the circumstances were more tragic than any could imagine. The two would soon part ways for eternity, and the only one who knew of this was her...

To continue with this kind of chronological order, last month I was in Seville at a Workshop by Marko Djurjevick at La Galería Roja. It was awesome, the guy is like a totem of knowledge, I'm really eager to apply all the new points of view in my work. Hopefully for the better.

The other news (I suppose it is not so much if you follow me on social networks, but oh well (?)) Is that at last I can say officially that I am working for Wizards of the Coast , I started more than a year ago, but my first cards have been published for the game only a couple of months.

At the end of July, at last I opened the store on the page, it is still a work in progress, but little by little I will be supplying it with more interesting items. For now, I have some prints and artist proofs of my cards published with Magic. Which by the way, I'm enjoying them like a kid. More on that later!

Lastly, on September 1st, 2nd and 3rd, I will be at the Grand Prix of Turin, Italy, as a guest artist, signing cards, selling prints and in particular, a live demo. If you are from the area come to say Hi!